The 1947 East Africa Tour

In 1947 the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) upon a request from the Asian Sports Association of East Africa sent a team to tour East Africa. For Walter de Sousa and Leo Pinto the tour had a special significane. It took them back to Africa the land of their birth Walter in Mbale, Uganda and Leo in Nairobi, Kenya. Maxi Vaz would later migate and settle down in Kenya

The Team

Goalkeepers : Leo Pinto & C Francis

Full Backs : Walter de Sousa, Mustaq Ahmed, RS Gentle

Half Backs : Maxi Vaz, Keshav Dutt, Nannasingh, B Kapoor

Forwards : Dyan Chand, KD Singh 'Babu', Pat Jansen, Dicky Carr, Dara, A Shakoor, A Quayum, Raja Gopal

The Itinerary

06/12/1947

Bombay

Set sail on the Arunda

14/12/1947

Mombassa (Kenya)

16/01/1948

Mbale, Uganda

Played against Mbale Combined (13 - 1)

17/01/1948

Kitale, Kenya

Played against Kitale Combined (11 - 1)

18/01/1948

Eldoret, Kenya

Played against Eldoret Combined (9 - 1)

19/01/1948

Nairobi, Kenya

Played against Hockey Association Of Kenya (Europeans ) (10 - 0)

 

22/01/1948

Nairobi, Kenya

Played against Nairobi Combined (13 - 0)

 

26/01/1948

Nairobi, Kenya

Played against combined Kenya & Uganda team (3 - 1)

 

02/02/1948

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Played against Dar-es-Salaam Combined Team (10 - 0)

 

04/02/1948

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Left For Zanzibar (Tanzania)

 

04/02/1948

Zanzibar (Tanzania)

 

21/02/1948

Bombay

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